Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
Bangladesh, a nation shaped by the vision of its founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is facing a perilous political and social crisis, according to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In a detailed
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On Wednesday, a high-level delegation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, led by intelligence chief Abdul Haq Wasiq, arrived in Istanbul for the third round of talks with Pakistan. The discussions, between
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The overnight visit by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to India has been rather thin on the ground. Although this has been his first visit to India as Foreign Minister, and notwithstanding
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Decades ago, during the intense US–Soviet standoff of the Cold War, a deterrence competition was unleashed through both covert and overt means. From strategic firepower to nuclear deterrence, the Soviets and the
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Somewhere between New York’s Studio 54 disco and the White House, Donald Trump became infused by militant Christianity. At the same time, he also seems to have been imbued by the most
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Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has expressed strong support for India’s long-standing quest for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), describing it as an acknowledgment of “global
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The state cannot take Decisions abruptly overnight; it follows a series of processes to identify enduring strategic objectives. For that matter, viewing Pakistan’s October 9 strikes on Afghanistan as a counter-response to
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China’s shadowy next-generation fighter jet programs appear to be accelerating, with newly released commercial satellite imagery showing both the J-36 and J-XDS stealth aircraft at a remote and heavily expanded airbase near
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The British army has halted the use of white phosphorus munitions in Kenya following growing criticism over the chemical’s environmental and human impact. The decision emerged during a Kenyan parliamentary inquiry into
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New Yorkers chose Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor on Tuesday, November 4, in a vote that drew national attention and marked a milestone in the city’s political history. The 34-year-old state
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Just days before the second round of local elections in Macedonia, everyone here seems obsessed with one question: who will control the municipalities —and through them, control us? Power in this country
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Water, the lifeblood of civilizations, is growing rapidly as the new instrument of power in South Asia. Afghanistan’s recent pronouncements about building dams on the Kunar and Kabul rivers are more than
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Summary: In this essay, Martina Moneke explores what America can learn from the decline of the Roman Republic. She examines how inequality, political factionalism, and unchecked ambition eroded civic trust and institutional stability
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The Trump-Xi meeting in Busan, South Korea today —30 October 2025— may have brought about a temporary relief in the US-China trade war. But unless we see the fine print of the agreement,
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On 29 October 2025, the carefully scripted pageantry of the US-ROK alliance in Gyeongju and Seoul met an unwelcome counter-narrative from the streets. While US President Donald Trump was being feted with a Silla-era
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